#B999DC#B999DC

#B999DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.101 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B999DC
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 24.71, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 38.60, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.059 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.101 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3146, 38.2643, 72.7475)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B999DC #BCDC99

analogous

#999ADC #B999DC #DA99DC

triadic

#B999DC #DCB999 #99DCB9

tetradic

#B999DC #DC999A #BCDC99 #99DCDA

square

#B999DC #DC999A #BCDC99 #99DCDA

split-complementary

#B999DC #DCDA99 #9ADC99

monochromatic

#7B40BB #9A6BCC #B999DC #D8C7EC #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B999DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B999DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B999DC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B999DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B999DC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b999dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.101 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7e7',
    500: '#b999dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b999dc;
$custom-light: #cfb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b999dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73568,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B999DC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2976

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B999DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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